License card holder



July 11, 1939.,

c. G. KROOK LICENSE CARD HOLDER Filed Feb. 5, 1958 ""I l L INVENTOR.CARL G. h oofr ATTORNEY.

IQ FF CE Carl G. Krook, Kingman, Ariz.

Application February 5, 1938, Serial No. 188,855

Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a holder for automobilelicense cards and the like.

Motorists in many States are required to carry their license cardsexposed and readily available 5 in their cars and, in some States,drivers license cards or other forms of permits also must be carried. Incrossing State lines or on other occasions, oificers may require amotorist to show his cards.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel holder forsuch cards, that may permanently be fastened within the car to hold anddisplay the cards.

Another object is the provision of a holder for this purpose that has aneasily detachable cardholding slide, for ready removal of the cards forinspection.

Other objects and advantages reside in novel details of design andconstruction and include means for easy insertion and removal of thecards from the slide. The novel features of the invention will bedisclosed more fully in the following description and in the drawing,wherein like parts have been similarly designed and in which;

Figure 1 is a plan view of a card holder made according to the presentinvention;

Figure 2 is an edge elevation of the same looking in the directionofarrow 2, of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view along line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a plan view showing the removable slide in an operativeposition.

In the drawing, reference character 5 denotes a supporting or backingplate, preferably made of sheet metal or the like and provided withsuitable screw holes 6, to facilitate its permanent attachment to theinterior of an automobile or a truck cab. Along opposite edges of theplate, are inturned. flanges 1' to provide stationary guides for aremovable slide 8 that has an inturned flange 9, opposite thereto,another inturned flange l0, and a central cut-out fingeropening I2. Atransparent sheet I3 is fitted in the slide between the inturned flanges9 and I0 45 thereof. License cards and the like may be inserted inplacein the slide 8 between the back 8a. thereof and the transparent-sheetl3. The cut:- out I! permits a user to readily move the cards in and outof place. The slide element is preferably made of sheet metal or thelike similar to the material of the support or back member 5.

The normal position of the holder is as shown in Figure l, with theflange 9 of the slide lowermost while the opposite flange ill of thesame is spaced suiliciently to embrace, besides the cards and thetransparent sheet l3, the inturned guide flanges I, on which the slideelement hangs for its support.

The normally lower flange 9 is reduced in length to freely fit betweenthe upright guide 5 flanges 1 of the back member 5. The lower edge ofthe back 8a of the slide is bent slightly forward at each end of theinturned shortened flange 9, as shown at I 4.

These forwardly-bent edges bear against the inner surfaces of the guideflanges 'l to effect a free and easy movement of the slide and toprovide a space between the flanges l and the back 8a of the slide forthe reception of the transparent sheet'l3 and the license cards, whenthe slide is in its normal place in the holder.

Thus a permanent license card holder is provided that has means todisplay the cards and a removable card-holding slide which provides forready removal of the cards for inspection, with a minimum ofinconvenience and loss of time. The holder may preferably be attached tothe inner panel of the left front door of a car, by means of suitablescrews, in which location it is readily accessible to the driver. 25

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a body-member havingmeans for its attachment upon a supporting surface, and having opposedflanges providing parallel guide-Ways for a vertically movablecard-holding member, and a card-holding member slidable in saidguide-ways and having flanges at right angles to the flanges of the bodymember, said flanges being opposed to secure a license-card or the like,placed between them, and the uppermost flange engaging with the flangesof the body-member to suspend the holding-member in its normal positionfrom the body-member.

2. A device of the character described comprising a support havinginturned vertical guideflanges, and a card-holder removably fittedbetween the guide-flanges and having an inturned flange normallyoverlapping the upper ends of the guide-flanges for support of theholder and an opposite inturned flange adapted to slide between theguide-flanges.

3. A device of the character described comprising a support havinginturned guide flanges, and a card holder removably fitted between theguide flanges and having edge portions bent to extend slightly forwardand bear against the turned under surfaces thereof.

4. A device of the character described comprising a body-member havingmeans for its attachment upon a supporting surface, and having opposedflanges providing parallel guide-ways for a vertically movablecard-holding member, and a card-holding member slidable in saidguideways and having flanges at right angles to the flanges of thebody-member, said flanges being opposed to secure a license-card or thelike, placed between them, and the uppermost flange engaging with theflanges of the body-member in overlapping relation thereto to suspendthe holding-member in its normal position from the bodymember.

5. A device of the character described comprising a body-member havingmeans for its attachment upon. a supporting surface, and. having opposedflanges providing parallel guide-ways for a vertically movablecard-holding member, a cardholding member slidable in said guide-waysand having flanges at right angles to the flanges of the body-member,said flanges being opposed to secure a license-card or the like, placedbetween them, and the uppermost flange engaging with the flanges of thebody-member to suspend the holding-member in its normal position fromthe body-member, and a license card removably held in and by the flangesof the holding-mem ber.-

